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    [Verb]  | "keep" | \ ˈkēp \


    1: to retain in one's possession or power

    2: to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing

    3: to have in control

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to Old High German chapfēn to look;

    [Idiomatic phrase]  | "keep company with" 


    1: to spend time with (someone) —sometimes used figuratively

    Origin: 1502 ;

    [Phrase]  | "kept company" 


    1: to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage;


      * e.g., " ... Friends were happy to see the two keeping company. "



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    [Phrase]  | "keep company" 


    1: to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage;


      * e.g., " ... Friends were happy to see the two keeping company. "



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    [Phrase]  | "keep company (with)" 


    1: to come or be together as friends;


      * e.g., " ... She goes to her local senior center to keep company with others in her age group. "



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